Korean electronics giant Samsung could face its third straight
quarterly decline in profits, ushering an end to its era of abnormally high growth.
Earnings season is about to get underway, too, which is more than likely going to show a fourth straight
quarterly decline in profits — and if firms aren't seeing bottom line leverage, they may be slow to dole out new positions, or much in the way of payroll hikes.
Not exact matches
Earlier this week, its shares took a beating when it reported a 3.5 %
decline in quarterly sales and
profits were well below what Wall Street analysts had been expecting and continuing a long
decline in cereal sales.
April 26 - PepsiCo Inc's
quarterly revenue and
profit beat Wall Street's targets on Thursday as it sold more beverages and snacks
in developing markets and posted a smaller sales
decline in its North America beverages unit.
The German engineering group reported a 14 percent
decline in quarterly industrial
profit during the final three months of 2017 last month.
PARIS (Reuters)- BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank, reported a 17 percent
decline in quarterly net
profit,
in line with expectations, as a weaker dollar and sluggish fixed income trading impacted investment banking revenues.
By year's end Wal - Mart suffers its first
quarterly profit drop
in a decade, sees same - store sales
decline in November's run - up to the crucial holiday shopping season, and suffers a series of public relations gaffes so stunning that it lands six spots
in this year's edition of the 101 Dumbest Moments.
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Strategy Analytics» numbers come after Samsung reported that net
profit fell 39 percent on the year
in the January - March period, the sixth consecutive
quarterly decline.
Samsung has posted its first
quarterly operating
profit decline in two - years, creating concerns about growth ahead of its next - generation flagship launch
in the spring.The company reported operating
profit of $ 7.7 billion during the fourth calendar quarter... Read more